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Britain's former Prime Minister Tony Blair allegedly advised Rupert Murdoch as the media mogul's employees at News of the World was embroiled in a phone hacking scandal in 2011. Blair also allegedly advised Rebekah Brooks, the former boss of Murdoch's British newspapers, to "keep strong and definitely sleeping pills," according to a 2011 email Brooks send to Murdoch's son, which was read to the jury Wednesday. Revelations that Murdoch's employees hacked into the voicemails of celebrities, royalty, politicians and a murdered 13-year-old girl prompted the on-going trial and resulted in the 168-year-old newspaper to shutter amid a wave of public rage.
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